In this visionary work, TED Prize–winning physicist Neil Turok explores the great discoveries of the past three centuries, from the classical mechanics of Newton and the nature of light to the ...(Read More)

Born at the turn of the 19th century, at the end of both the scientific revolution and the Enlightenment, Michael Faraday was the son of a blacksmith and had a slim education, yet he was gifted with ...(Read More)

The roller coaster of romance is notoriously hard to quantify; defining how lovers might feel from a set of simple equations is, of course, impossible. And yet, mathematics can be a surprisingly ...(Read More)

In The Disappearing Spoon, science writer Sam Kean unlocked the mysteries of the periodic table; here he explores the wonders of the genetic building blocks of life, DNA. There are genes to ...(Read More)